Sylvia Gansser-Potts

Member of the Supervisory Board

Sylvia Gansser-Potts is a Director and member of the audit and risk committee of the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) which provides development finance to micro and small enterprises and private households via selected financial institutions. Until 2017, Sylvia was a Managing Director at the EBRD with the overall responsibility for EBRD's investments and operations in Central and Southeastern Europe. Over her 25 year career at the EBRD, Sylvia run a succession of banking teams including the financial institutions operations in Central Europe, in MENA/Turkey as well as the property and tourism team. Sylvia started her career at Swiss Bank Corporation (which later merged to become UBS) in Switzerland and Japan.

She holds a master's in business from the Université Paris Dauphine -PSL, a bachelor's degree in Japanese language from the University of Paris and an MBA from INSEAD